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Alumni Award for Excellence in Academic Advising

The Award for Excellence in Academic Advising, established in 1989 by the Alumni Association, is presented annually by the Office of the Provost. The award is to recognize Virginia Tech faculty who have been particularly dedicated to and effective in the advising of undergraduate and graduate students. In 2001, the award was expanded and the name changed to Alumni Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Academic Advising and Alumni Award for Excellence in Graduate Academic Advising, with one award given in each category. Recipients may be nominated by university faculty or students, are selected by a committee of former award winners and are awarded a $2,000 cash prize.

† Undergraduate Recipient
* Graduate Recipient

2023: Renee Eaton †, Megan Dolbin-MacNab *
2022: Helene Shine Goetz †, Holly Matusovich *
2021: Daniel Newcomb †, Maury Nussbaum *
2020: Maia Greene-Havas †, Kostas Triantis *
2019: Alexis Miller †, Christopher Williams *
2018: Trudy Harrington Becker †, Saul Halfon *
2017: Gordon Yee †, Kathleen Jones *
2016: Nada Tamim †, Romesh Batra *
2015: Ruth Lytton †, Katherine Allen *
2014: Rosemary Goss †, Srinath Ekkad *
2013: Andrew Becker †, Subhash Sarin *
2012: Deborah Pollio †, Marc Edwards *
2011: J. Evans †, G. Norton *
2010: M. Denbow †, H. Burkhart *
2009: Wayne Moore †, Hanif Sherali *
2008: Charles Taylor †, Kusum Singh *
2007: James Campbell †, Fred Piercy *
2006: Jennifer Mooney †, David Kronfeld *
2005: Terry Kershaw *
2004: Jack Cranford †, Saied Mostaghimi *
2003: Dixie Watts Reaves †, E. Scott Geller *
2002: Rachel L. Holloway †, D. Michael Moore *
2001: Sheryl Ball †, Thomas Ollendick *
2000: Daniel B. Thorp
1999: David J. Parrish
1998: R. Dean Riess
1997: L. Leon Geyer
1996: Russell T. Jones
1995: Thomas O. Sitz
1994: Johann A. Norstedt
1993: Michael A. Barnes
1992: Robert H. Pusey
1991: James R. McKenna
1990: William M. Etgen
1989: Shirley C. Farrier